The Ideal of Equality

by M. Clayton (Editor), A. Williams (Editor)

Overview

One of the central debates within contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy concerns how to formulate an egalitarian theory of distributive justice which gives coherent expression to egalitarian convictions and withstands the most powerful anti-egalitarian objections. This book brings together many of the key contributions to that debate by some of the world's leading political philosophers: Richard Arneson, G.A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, John Rawls, T.M. Scanlon, and Larry Temkin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333971192
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/26/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

MATTHEW CLAYTON is Lecturer in Government at Brunel University.

ANDREW WILLIAMS is Research Fellow in Public Philosophy at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Some Questions for Egalitarians; M.Clayton & A.Williams Reply to Alexander and Musgrave (extracts); J.Rawls The Diversity of Objections to Inequality; T.M.Scanlon Equality; T.Nagel Equality or Priority?; D.Parfit Equality, Priority, and the Levelling Down Objection; L.Temkin The Pareto Argument for Inequality (extracts); G.A.Cohen Equal Opportunities for Welfare (extracts); R.Arneson Justice in the Distribution of Health Care; R.Dworkin Further Reading Index

Editorial Reviews

"The editors are to be congratulated on having put together a collection of leading contributions to the debate about equality among political philosophers in recent years."-Brian Barry, Columbia University

From the Publisher

Presents nine key, previously published essays by some of the world's leading political philosophers addressing the question of how to formulate a coherent egalitarian theory of distributive justice. Includes Richard Arneson on liberalism, distributive subjectivism, and equal opportunity for welfare; Ronald Dworkin on justice in the distribution of health care; and John Rawls's reply to Alexander and Musgrave, as well as essays by Matthew Clayton, G. A. Cohen, Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, T. M. Scanlon, Larry Temkin, and Andrew Williams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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